new to planted tank

Can someone please help.
Have a 40 gallon breeder tank i believe. Have 5 neons, 3 plectcos, 4 cherry shrimp and 2 cory cats. I will be getting more corys and shrimp soon. Have val for live plants and these seem to be flourishing. I have a 24 inch 4 blulb t5 on the tank. Had a horrible case of bread algae happen so dropped lights from 2 to 1 and. It is a old grow lamp with 6500k bulbs. have pressurized co2 stoped nutruiets due to algae growth. But want to start introducing high light plants but whenever i put more light bulbs in i get bad alage outbreak any idea??
also some of my plants have been shedding leaves(they turn a clear color and float not attached anymore any ideas???

First, there are two basic types of tanks. Low Tech and High Tech...
In order to successfully run a High Tech tank you need to have ALL of the ingredients.
Only using some of them causes various negative result.
4 bulbs is part of High Tech.
The fist link explains plant growth. Just because the link suggest CO2 does not mean you need to use it if you have a low tech tank. But it does explain it's importance in the set-up. The tank already has CO2 but/w high tech you NEED to add more.
The second link discusses lighting. From it you can choose the correct light for what you want.

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